ICOTINAMIDE-N-1)BIS(2-HYDROXYBENZOATO-O)COBALT(II)

The title monomeric centrosymmetric cobalt complex, [Co(C7H5O3)(2)(C10 H14N2O)(2)(H2O)(2)], contains two water molecules, two 4-hydroxybenzoa te ligands and two diethylnicotinamide (DENA) ligands. All Ligands are coordinated to the Co atom as monodentate Ligands. The four nearest O atoms around the Co atom form a slightly distorted square-planar arra ngement, with the distorted octahedral coordination completed by the p yridine N atoms of the DENA ligand at a distance of 2.141 (5) Angstrom . The water molecules are hydrogen bonded to the carboxyl O atoms [O . .. O 2.687 (5) Angstrom].